tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post1402050160973506515..comments2019-05-25T07:40:57.738-07:00Comments on Alexandra Sokoloff: Chameleon or True Blue?Alexandra Sokoloffnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-47841112914484705592009-10-13T08:53:10.034-07:002009-10-13T08:53:10.034-07:00Actually I think that&#39;s pretty enlightened and...Actually I think that&#39;s pretty enlightened and transcendent of you, Sonja!Alexandra Sokoloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881770599534651858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-70398812649306434782009-09-15T07:37:46.624-07:002009-09-15T07:37:46.624-07:00When I first began to write &quot;seriously&quot; ...When I first began to write &quot;seriously&quot; in middle school or so, my characters were representations of what I WANTED to be, and as I grew into myself, I became more and more like my ideal self, and therefore more like the characters I&#39;d written. <br /><br />I think, in some ways, the good parts of my characters are still pieces of me that maybe aren&#39;t quite realized yet, but I&#39;m working on it.<br /><br />Is that backwards, to make myself more like my characters, rather than to make my characters like myself?Sonja Fousthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874425238467467926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-1705403412440885872009-09-03T06:21:33.062-07:002009-09-03T06:21:33.062-07:00I came to writing through music, which in a more s...I came to writing through music, which in a more subtle way interacts with your whole self. How I felt wasn&#39;t important. What mattered was the mood of the music, and I had to change my internal barometer to meet it. <br /><br />With writing, I can keep a little more self and still be in a character&#39;s head and speak with their voice. <br /><br />I think what I&#39;ve seen is that whether I&#39;m &#39;me&#39; or the person I&#39;m writing about. If I relax and let go of what&#39;s supposed to happen, I can feel the breath of my soul. <br /><br />So, I don&#39;t think you&#39;re being &#39;fake&#39; when you can&#39;t necessarily identify how YOU are feeling and who YOU are today, because you are a part of something wonderful and mysterious, and maybe, just maybe you are all those parts melded into one.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02143722523484974658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-3764419198455045092009-09-02T22:03:11.253-07:002009-09-02T22:03:11.253-07:00Well, I don&#39;t quite know which I am. I guess ...Well, I don&#39;t quite know which I am. I guess I may tend more towards the chameleon insofar that I say what I think needs to be said which ever side it may be on. I play devil&#39;s advocate a lot trying to draw more out of people, just knowing that just about everyone almost all the time will have one valid point somewhere is important. <br /><br />When I write I find the side characters are the ones I connect with the most, watching the story happening before them almost like someone who might be reading it. They are the ones who bring a bit of scope to things and such. But anyways, I look forward to your proper articles on story structure and whatnot.Eriknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-56977928877340783252009-09-01T09:29:35.063-07:002009-09-01T09:29:35.063-07:00It&#39;s like Joss Whedon said: &quot;Always be yo...It&#39;s like Joss Whedon said: &quot;Always be yourself...unless you suck.&quot;<br /><br />I really would like to make it to one of those Writers for New Orleans sometime. But right now I&#39;m focused on making Thrillerfest next year.R.J. Mangahashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335616508441176887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-38775145867033736032009-09-01T08:42:49.744-07:002009-09-01T08:42:49.744-07:00Mary Stella, this could not be more true - I&#39;m...Mary Stella, this could not be more true - I&#39;m going to quote the whole thing just because it&#39;s so perfectly said!!<br /><br />&gt;&gt;&gt;So, does being &quot;on&quot; mean we&#39;re being insincere. I don&#39;t believe so. However, if we&#39;re secretly having a really bad day, we don&#39;t bring that out to the forefront. The interactions between writer and fan are more about the fan and their experience of the meeting. So to inject our personal traumas, bad moods, or frustrations would make it more about us. So, the chameleon takes the lead. Then, when we&#39;re back in our rooms, or among our close friends, we can let down a little. &lt;&lt;&lt;<br /><br />Can&#39;t wait to see you this weekend!Alexandra Sokoloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881770599534651858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-5542388843542493892009-09-01T08:41:10.321-07:002009-09-01T08:41:10.321-07:00Yeah, Jeffe, I have to agree with BT - I&#39;ve kn...Yeah, Jeffe, I have to agree with BT - I&#39;ve known too many Blues to think they&#39;re frauds. <br /><br />That&#39;s interesting about the fear of being wooden... it makes sense, and that&#39;s a great personality trait to explore.Alexandra Sokoloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881770599534651858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-55169778136226489902009-09-01T08:39:04.953-07:002009-09-01T08:39:04.953-07:00Gene, LOL!! I love that King quote. Thank you!Gene, LOL!! I love that King quote. Thank you!Alexandra Sokoloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881770599534651858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-60377986938946253452009-09-01T08:38:05.979-07:002009-09-01T08:38:05.979-07:00Gayle, I can relate to being &quot;whatever the ro...Gayle, I can relate to being &quot;whatever the room needed&quot;. I tend to balance - if someone&#39;s an extrovert, I&#39;m a good listener. If no one&#39;s talking, I&#39;ll take the stage.Alexandra Sokoloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02881770599534651858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-84435137965474163082009-08-31T20:20:05.326-07:002009-08-31T20:20:05.326-07:00I&#39;m both, depending on the situation, surround...I&#39;m both, depending on the situation, surroundings and people. I think no matter what each of us does professionally, we sometimes have to be &quot;on&quot; and that means donning the business persona no matter how we, the person, are feeling or what we&#39;re thinking. <br /><br />The best part is when the &quot;on&quot; persona and the &quot;true blue&quot; part of ourselves aren&#39;t very far apart. In my day job, I truly enjoy sharing about our organization to the media. My enthusiasm is sincere. I feel it while I&#39;m spouting it. The only time I have to stifle is when I&#39;m forced to deal with someone who is totally obnoxious. I might be thinking, &quot;What a jerk&quot; but can&#39;t let that show, or come out of my mouth.<br /><br />At conferences, I really like getting together with other writers, meeting new people, meeting readers and fans. So, does being &quot;on&quot; mean we&#39;re being insincere. I don&#39;t believe so. However, if we&#39;re secretly having a really bad day, we don&#39;t bring that out to the forefront. The interactions between writer and fan are more about the fan and their experience of the meeting. So to inject our personal traumas, bad moods, or frustrations would make it more about us. So, the chameleon takes the lead. Then, when we&#39;re back in our rooms, or among our close friends, we can let down a little.Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-63422271262356340652009-08-31T17:49:04.226-07:002009-08-31T17:49:04.226-07:00Not trying to start an argument with Jeffe, but I&...Not trying to start an argument with Jeffe, but I&#39;m definitely a Blue (and not only because I&#39;m an Aussie).<br /><br />I worry more about not being able to slip into a chameleon skin to touch my creative side, and when I do manage it, I feel very much like a fraud and worry that the end result will be thin and transparent. I&#39;m almost positive people will hate it and call me out for being someone playing at being creative, rather than a naturally artistic individual.<br /><br />All writers may have their insecurities, but Blues could be insecure about being insecure, because they don&#39;t fit with the whimsical, and wonderfully creative stereotype of the writer.<br /><br />We tend to worry about being too wooden. Another label for Blue may very well be Pinocchio.BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170193722932454605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-85908689074331745572009-08-31T16:09:29.797-07:002009-08-31T16:09:29.797-07:00Call me cynical, but I don&#39;t believe there are...Call me cynical, but I don&#39;t believe there are &quot;True Blues.&quot; I think there are just people who locked the chameleon into one place and usually because of some kind of issue. <br /><br />Institutions, like churches, prefer people be locked into one place. Most religious ritual requires repetition of the exact same thing, with the goal being adherence to a particular line of thinking.<br /><br />Actors, therefore, are the devil in this scenario!Jeffe Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04779020656676094853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-33726211285725654222009-08-31T12:01:48.024-07:002009-08-31T12:01:48.024-07:00I&#39;m a chameleon who can, upon occasion, turn s...I&#39;m a chameleon who can, upon occasion, turn suddenly into a true blue. Or maybe I just think that. Seriously, I had to accept that I was sort of &quot;out there&quot; long ago - and really I&#39;m okay with it. Except those times when I&#39;m not okay with it at all. It&#39;s those times when I think that, deep down, I&#39;m at heart a true blue, who thinks that maybe being a true blue is a bit boring, and so loves to travel into the &quot;freak-a-delic&quot; world of the chameleon. <br /><br />So you see I don&#39;t really know who or what I am. :-) <br /><br />I remember an interview with Stephen King which took place shortly after he became really famous. The author was asked, in relation to all of the fears he seemed to have, which so obviously came out in his books: &quot;Have you ever sought therapy for all of your fears?&quot; <br /><br />I&#39;ve forgotten his exact answer, but he replied something like: &quot;Well, no, because then I&#39;d have to pay the therapist money. What I decided to do was keep my fears - and take HIS money.&quot; <br /><br />I like that. :-) <br />GeneGenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16229036637507468333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27131013.post-37200532083471422842009-08-31T11:27:56.217-07:002009-08-31T11:27:56.217-07:00I&#39;d like to be True Blue, but I&#39;m a Chamel...I&#39;d like to be True Blue, but I&#39;m a Chameleon. In my family, I learned to be whatever the room needed - a scholar today? You got it. No - a clown? Okie-dokie. A mouse? Shhh, I&#39;m not even here. As I grow older, I&#39;m getting more True Blue - turns out I&#39;m kinda cranky and pretty irreverent, but in a fun way.<br /><br />My main character, Peri, is sort of like me - she&#39;s impatient, sarcastic, and curious. The main differences are that she&#39;s not good at nurturing, and she says things out loud that I only think.<br /><br />Why aren&#39;t actors allowed to be buried in hallowed ground? I don&#39;t know. Maybe the church can&#39;t forgive them for making Mondays dark instead of Sundays. The aetheists get all the good seats at the Sunday matinees.<br /><br />Gayle<br />http://gaylecarline.blogspot.comGayle Carlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783449240138097315noreply@blogger.com